Apparatus for flushing water-closets



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D. W. HYDE. APPARATUS FOR PLUSHING WATER OLOSETS.

No. 333,951. A Patented Jan. 5, 1886.

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D. W. HYDE. APPARATUS FOR FLUSHING WATER GLOSETS.

No. 333,951. Patented Jan. 5, 1886.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,951, dated January 5,1886.

Application filed October 10, 1885. Serial No. 179,476. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL W'. HYDE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Flushing Tater-Closets, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal view, partly in section. Fig. 3 shows a circuit-breaker in connection with a closetseat.

Various arrangements of chains, levers, and valves are now in use for regulating the flow of water into water-closet bowls for the purpose of flushing them; but these arrangements are frequently complicated, and often necessitate the placing of the cistern in some undesired situation.

My invention consists of a weighted lever adapted both to raise the valve of the outletpipe from its seat and to allow the valve to return to its seat at the proper moment, and of an electrical attachment for tripping the weighted lever, all as hereinafter more fully described.

To operate my invention, I place a circuitbreaker conveniently near the closet-seat, so that the circuit of the electrical attachment A may be readily closed in a well-knownway.

A is the electrical attachment, in this case an ordinary telegraph-sounder carrying an arm, a, on the lever b, the lever b being connected with the armature (l in the usual way.

B is a weight on the lever O, whose fulcrum is at c.

D is the valve of the outlet-pipe E, and is connected to the lever 0 preferably by a chain.

F is a counterweight, also preferably connected to lever G by a chain.

G is-the cistern, whose supply-pipe H has the well-known ballcock f.

When it is desired to flush the, closet-bowl, the circuit-breaker is pressed, so that the circuit through the electro-magnetsg is closed. As the armature is consequently attracted to the magnets, and carries with it the lever b, the leverarm a is withdrawn from under the end of the lever O. The counter weight F is buoyed up by the water in the cistern, and

weight B causes its end of lever O to fall, so that valve D is raised and held from its seat h. Water now flows from cistern G through outlet-pipe E into the closet-bowl. As the water falls in the cistern, the ball-cock f is opened by the fall of its ball, and a fresh supply of water is brought in. Nevertheless, as the outflow is greater than the inflow, the water continues to fall gradually until the weight of F, no longer buoyed up by the water, pulls down its end of lever 0, so that the other and beveled end of O slips past the beveled end of arm a and rests upon it. Tension on the valve-chain being thus relieved, the valve returns to its seat, and the cistern fills up until the ball of ball-cock f is floated high enough to close the supply-pipe H. By causing the water in the cistern to fall gradually the fall of counter-weight F is retarded, and the valve D kept open for some time after the circuit is broken, and consequently the watercloset bowl is thoroughly flushed.

The regulating-screws k and the overflow pipe 1' are convenient and desirable, though obviously not necessary.

If it should be desired to connect the circuit-breaker with the closet seat or door, so as to make the current whenever the seat is pressed down or the door closed, the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 may be employed. The seat Z, provided with arm m, is hingedin place in the usual way. The arm m projects below the under surface of the seat and rests on trigger a, which is supported at one end by spring 0 in such wise as to keep seat Z slightly raised in front. When the seat is pressed down, arm at bears against trigger a, thereby compressing spring 0 and forcing trigger it against and past the spring When the seat is relieved of its weight, spring 0 forces the trigger against and past spring p, and the seat is again slightly raised, as before. As the circuit-wires are connected to the parts at and p, it will be seen that the circuit is made and broken when the seat is pressed down, and again made and broken when the seat is forced upward. By this modification of an ordinary push-button, drainage of the batteryis prevented, and the closet is flushed both before and after use. It is obvious that these parts may be adapted to the closet-door bination with trip a, lever 0, weight B, counas well as to the closet-seat. ter-weight F, cistern G, and valve D, substan- What I claim as my invention is-- tially as set forth. 1. The trip a, in combination with the lever DANIEL W. HYDE. 5 0, Weight B, counter-weight F, cistern G, and Witnesses:

valve D, substantially as set forth. EDWARD S. BEACH,

2. The magnets g and armature d, in com- JOHN R. SNOW. 

